Table 1. Prevalence of Smear and Culture Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Age and Sex (per 100,000 population).

	Eligible population	*Screened (%)	X ray suggestive of TB	Chest symptomatic s’	Eligible for sputum collection	No. of sputum collected (%)	No. Smr +ve#	No. Cult.+ve	No. Bact. +ve	Adjusted TB Prevalence per 100000 (95%CI)
										Smr +ve	Cult. +ve	Bact +ve
Age Groups
15–34	26811	24931(93)	186	1431	1792	1548(86)	17	17	25	79	79	116
										(45–113)	(45–112)	(84–170)
35–54	22746	20916(92)	508	1904	2517	2190(87)	53	63	82	291	346	451
										(221–361)	(270–423)	(403–585)
≥55	10400	9770(94)	667	1230	1830	1635(89)	41	46	63	470	527	722
										(338–601)	(388–666)	(605–942)
TOTAL	59957	55617(93)	1361	4565	6139	5373(88)	111	126	170	228	259	349
										(189–265)	(217–299)	(330–428)
Sex
Male	30250	26943(89)	911	2642	3563	3124	91	107	135	385	452	571
										(315–455)	(377–529)	(487–656)
Female	29707	28674(97)	450	1923	2576	2249	20	19	35	80	76	140
										(48–112)	(45–107)	(97–182)

*Includes population screened by X-ray and /or TB symptoms

# Smr = Smear; Cult = Culture; Bact = Bacteriologically